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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 48,894 ratings — published 1962
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 26,007 ratings — published 2014
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 72,127 ratings — published 2014
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.54 — 123,917 ratings — published 2013
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 27,693 ratings — published 2019
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 163,084 ratings — published 2018
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 75,761 ratings — published 2015
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The World Without Us The World Without Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 42,012 ratings — published 2007
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 205,042 ratings — published 2006
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 71,715 ratings — published 2004
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 32,676 ratings — published 1949
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 47,067 ratings — published 2021
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 29,660 ratings — published 2020
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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 11,904 ratings — published 2021
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Desert Solitaire Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 50,315 ratings — published 1968
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 26,297 ratings — published 2019
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Walden Walden (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 190,868 ratings — published 1854
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 37,346 ratings — published 2020
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 12,108 ratings — published 2002
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 4,022 ratings — published 2017
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 7,128 ratings — published 2010
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Eating Animals Eating Animals (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 78,345 ratings — published 2009
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 110,731 ratings — published 2007
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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 5,617 ratings — published 2020
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Flight Behavior Flight Behavior (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 95,549 ratings — published 2012
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 13,791 ratings — published 2008
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The Ministry for the Future The Ministry for the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 32,884 ratings — published 2020
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The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 6,480 ratings — published 2020
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On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.18 — 6,011 ratings — published 2019
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 413,034 ratings — published 1998
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The Lorax The Lorax (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 346,702 ratings — published 1971
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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 5,017 ratings — published 2016
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 6,166 ratings — published 2020
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.06 — 56,785 ratings — published 2002
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 25,743 ratings — published 2015
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 13,302 ratings — published 2021
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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 16,084 ratings — published 2019
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 11,053 ratings — published 1986
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The End of Nature The End of Nature (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 3,019 ratings — published 1989
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 116,541 ratings — published 2008
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 4,578 ratings — published 2006
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes The Death and Life of the Great Lakes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 10,012 ratings — published 2017
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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 4,162 ratings — published 2010
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 17,993 ratings — published 2019
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 26,705 ratings — published 1975
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Ishmael (Ishmael, #1) Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 98,315 ratings — published 1992
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 415,487 ratings — published 1997
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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 14,243 ratings — published 2003
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Losing Earth: A Recent History Losing Earth: A Recent History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 2,972 ratings — published 2018
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“We rich nations, for that is what we are, have an obligation not only to the poor nations, but to all the grandchildren of the world, rich and poor. We have not inherited this earth from our parents to do with it what we will. We have borrowed it from our children and we must be careful to use it in their interests as well as our own. Anyone who fails to recognise the basic validity of the proposition put in different ways by increasing numbers of writers, from Malthus to The Club of Rome, is either ignorant, a fool, or evil.”
Moss Cass

Henry David Thoreau
“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
Henry David Thoreau, Familiar letters

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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 24,333 ratings — published 2022
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Migrations Migrations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 75,861 ratings — published 2020
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 6,847 ratings — published 2006
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The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 4,526 ratings — published 2017
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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 14,633 ratings — published 2021
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We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)
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avg rating 4.51 — 7,854 ratings — published 2020
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Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 4,917 ratings — published 2013
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Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 6,370 ratings — published 2020
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Hoot Hoot (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 107,079 ratings — published 2002
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The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,314 ratings — published 2001
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 13,985 ratings — published 2005
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Wilding Wilding (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 7,801 ratings — published 2018
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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 12,453 ratings — published 2017
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Into the Wild Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.01 — 1,101,249 ratings — published 1996
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 5,584 ratings — published 2021
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Bewilderment Bewilderment (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 60,658 ratings — published 2021
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Last Chance to See Last Chance to See (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 24,937 ratings — published 1990
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 56,153 ratings — published 2005
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 5,407 ratings — published 2023
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.39 — 3,070,434 ratings — published 2018
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As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 1,868 ratings — published 2019
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No Impact Man No Impact Man (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 5,125 ratings — published 2009
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Prodigal Summer Prodigal Summer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 115,999 ratings — published 2000
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 27,548 ratings — published 1974
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Lab Girl Lab Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 68,367 ratings — published 2016
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Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,502 ratings — published 2014
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 13,309 ratings — published 2017
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Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All (ebook)
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avg rating 4.19 — 5,511 ratings — published 2020
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Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 2,011 ratings — published 2007
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The Sea Around Us The Sea Around Us (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 4,388 ratings — published 1951
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 3,992 ratings — published 2007
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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6,345 ratings — published 2015
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This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,996 ratings — published 2019
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,599 ratings — published
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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 2,294 ratings — published 2018
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The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 5,864 ratings — published 1977
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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 5,400 ratings — published 2023
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The One-Straw Revolution The One-Straw Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 8,356 ratings — published 1975
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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 6,581 ratings — published 1973
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Arctic Dreams Arctic Dreams (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 8,322 ratings — published 1986
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Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 5,154 ratings — published 2019
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Once There Were Wolves Once There Were Wolves (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 88,309 ratings — published 2021
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Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,851 ratings — published 1999
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The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,321 ratings — published 1993
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Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 2,505 ratings — published 2022
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 24,924 ratings — published 2021
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The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 8,384 ratings — published 1996
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The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,980 ratings — published 2021
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,839 ratings — published 2019
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The Wizard and the Prophet The Wizard and the Prophet (Audio CD)
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avg rating 4.23 — 4,058 ratings — published 2018
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Rachel Carson
“Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?”
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

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“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road — the one less traveled by — offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.”
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

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The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses (ebook)
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avg rating 4.30 — 5,411 ratings — published 2017
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 2,434 ratings — published 2022
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Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 7,761 ratings — published 2013
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 51,262 ratings — published 2019
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Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 2,380 ratings — published 2018
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Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 2,037 ratings — published 2019
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.13 — 16,711 ratings — published 2009
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The Future of Life The Future of Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 3,154 ratings — published 2002
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The Diversity of Life (Questions of Science) The Diversity of Life (Questions of Science)
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avg rating 4.21 — 6,093 ratings — published 1992
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How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,586 ratings — published 2010
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Islands of Abandonment Islands of Abandonment (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,810 ratings — published 2021
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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 2,673 ratings — published 2016
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Countdown: Our Last Best Hope for a Future on Earth? Countdown: Our Last Best Hope for a Future on Earth? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,305 ratings — published 2013
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Plastic: A Toxic Love Story Plastic: A Toxic Love Story (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,553 ratings — published 2011
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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 10,700 ratings — published 2005
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Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 2,455 ratings — published 2012
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 6,587 ratings — published 2010
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Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
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A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind (Hardcover)
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Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto (Hardcover)
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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England (Paperback)
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Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America (Hardcover)
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The Control of Nature The Control of Nature (Paperback)
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How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time (Hardcover)
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Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash (Paperback)
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Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming (Hardcover)
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The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature (Hardcover)
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Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too (Hardcover)
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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (Hardcover)
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H is for Hawk H is for Hawk (Hardcover)
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Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation (Hardcover)
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World (Paperback)
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Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything (Hardcover)
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place (Paperback)
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Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators (Hardcover)
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The Sense of Wonder The Sense of Wonder (Hardcover)
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Kathryn Stockett
“All my life I'd been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine's thumb pressed in my hand, I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.”
Kathryn Stockett, The Help

Ansel Adams
“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.”
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The Wolf The Wolf (Paperback)
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet (Hardcover)
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The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (Hardcover)
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Paperback)
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Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (Paperback)
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Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization (Paperback)
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis (Hardcover)
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The Revenge of Gaia The Revenge of Gaia (Hardcover)
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The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption (Kindle Edition)
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Consumed: On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change Consumed: On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change (Hardcover)
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The Anthropocene Reviewed The Anthropocene Reviewed (Hardcover)
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Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet (Hardcover)
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Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming (Paperback)
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (Hardcover)
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Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning (Hardcover)
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit (Paperback)
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The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth (Hardcover)
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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness (Hardcover)
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The Ecological Rift The Ecological Rift (Paperback)
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Hardcover)
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My First Summer in the Sierra My First Summer in the Sierra (Paperback)
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The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)
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Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey (Hardcover)
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The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks (Hardcover)
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Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Hardcover)
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Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves (Paperback)
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Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion (Hardcover)
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The Origin of Species The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Hardcover)
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Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity (Paperback)
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The Man Who Planted Trees The Man Who Planted Trees (Paperback)
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Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future (Hardcover)
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History The Earth Transformed: An Untold History (Hardcover)
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The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration (Hardcover)
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Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth (Kindle Edition)
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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
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Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace (Paperback)
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
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Wallace Stegner
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in.”
Wallace Stegner, The Sound of Mountain Water

Henry David Thoreau
“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
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Small Wonder Small Wonder (Paperback)
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Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes (Hardcover)
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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World (Paperback)
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A Short History of Nearly Everything A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Hardcover)
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Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret (Hardcover)
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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl (Hardcover)
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The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future (Paperback)
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Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis (Paperback)
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
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Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature (Paperback)
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The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (Hardcover)
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The New Wilderness The New Wilderness (Hardcover)
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False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet (Hardcover)
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Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment (Paperback)
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A Language Older Than Words A Language Older Than Words (Paperback)
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside (Hardcover)
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Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health (Paperback)
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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter (Hardcover)
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The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy (Hardcover)
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Animal Liberation Animal Liberation (Paperback)
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Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit (Hardcover)
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Upstream: Selected Essays Upstream: Selected Essays (Hardcover)
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The Living Mountain The Living Mountain (Paperback)
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How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature (Hardcover)
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Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade (Hardcover)
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Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy (Paperback)
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
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Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit (Hardcover)
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (Paperback)
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“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”
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“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

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Matthew Edward Hall
“Earth Breathes in Us.”
Matthew Edward Hall

Slavoj Žižek
“[T]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if we are guilty, it all depends on us. We pull the strings of the catastrophe, so we can also save ourselves simply by changing our lives. What is really hard for us (at least in the West) to accept is that we are reduced to the role of a passive observer who sits and watches what our fate will be. To avoid this impotence, we engage in frantic, obsessive activities. We recycle old paper, we buy organic food, we install long-lasting light bulbs—whatever—just so we can be sure that we are doing something. We make our individual contribution like the soccer fan who supports his team in front of a TV screen at home, shouting and jumping from his seat, in the belief that this will somehow influence the game's outcome.”
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Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Studies in Environment and History) Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Studies in Environment and History)
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“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

Pope John Paul II
“The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
Pope John Paul II

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Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again
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The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History (Hardcover)
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Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability (Hardcover)
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Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change (Hardcover)
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Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (Hardcover)
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Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility (Kindle Edition)
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Cormac McCarthy
“Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.”
Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Henry David Thoreau
“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

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What Are People For? What Are People For? (Paperback)
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Rachel Carson
“Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?”
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

Matthew Edward Hall
“Earth Breathes in Us.”
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Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made (Hardcover)
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Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World (Hardcover)
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When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales Of Environmental Deception And The Battle Against Pollution When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales Of Environmental Deception And The Battle Against Pollution (Paperback)
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Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (Paperback)
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How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos (Paperback)
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Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (Paperback)
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Henry David Thoreau
“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

Mahatma Gandhi
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
Mahatma Gandhi

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More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next (Hardcover)
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Chesapeake Requiem:  A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island (Hardcover)
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Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World (Hardcover)
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Paperback)
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The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health (Paperback)
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Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail (Hardcover)
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (Hardcover)
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The Age of Miracles The Age of Miracles (Paperback)
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When the Killing's Done When the Killing's Done (Hardcover)
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The Drowned World The Drowned World (Paperback)
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American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It) American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
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Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya (Hardcover)
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The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live & Why They Matter The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live & Why They Matter (Hardcover)
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Diet for a Small Planet: The Book That Started a Revolution in the Way Americans Eat Diet for a Small Planet: The Book That Started a Revolution in the Way Americans Eat (Paperback)
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The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (Hardcover)
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The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization (Paperback)
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The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life (Hardcover)
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This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)
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Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe (Hardcover)
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How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other (Hardcover)
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Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency (Kindle Edition)
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Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil (Hardcover)
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The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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My Ishmael (Ishmael, #3) My Ishmael (Ishmael, #3)
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A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History (Paperback)
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The Cloudspotter's Guide The Cloudspotter's Guide (Hardcover)
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
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“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest

Pope John Paul II
“The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
Pope John Paul II

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Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living (Hardcover)
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What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds (Hardcover)
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Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire (Hardcover)
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The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move (Hardcover)
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Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild (Hardcover)
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Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait (Hardcover)
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do about Them The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do about Them (Hardcover)
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The Archipelago of Hope: Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change The Archipelago of Hope: Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change (Hardcover)
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Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone (Hardcover)
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Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis (Hardcover)
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Audio CD)
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What We Know About Climate Change (Boston Review Books) What We Know About Climate Change (Boston Review Books)
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
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The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines (Hardcover)
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The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (Hardcover)
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Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain (Paperback)
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Paperback)
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Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World (Kindle Edition)
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E.B. White
“I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively, instead of skeptically and dictatorially.”
E.B. White

Cormac McCarthy
“Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.”
Cormac McCarthy, The Road

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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees (Hardcover)
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There’s Something In The Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities There’s Something In The Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities (Paperback)
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Rachel Carson
“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road — the one less traveled by — offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.”
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

Wendell Berry
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. ... We have been wrong. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us. . . We must recover the sense of the majesty of the creation and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.”
Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House

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For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future (Hardcover)
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“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. ... We have been wrong. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us. . . We must recover the sense of the majesty of the creation and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.”
Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House

Pope John Paul II
“The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
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Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles (Hardcover)
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Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
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On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring (Hardcover)
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The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet (Hardcover)
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This Is the Way the World Ends: How Droughts and Die-offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America This Is the Way the World Ends: How Droughts and Die-offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America (Hardcover)
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Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture A New Earth Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture A New Earth (Paperback)
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Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet (Mit Press) Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet (Mit Press)
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Green Philosophy: How to Think Seriously About the Planet Green Philosophy: How to Think Seriously About the Planet (Hardcover)
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Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time (Hardcover)
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Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (Hardcover)
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Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming (Paperback)
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Henry David Thoreau
“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
Henry David Thoreau, Familiar letters

Pope John Paul II
“The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
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My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
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The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River (Hill and Wang Critical Issues) The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River (Hill and Wang Critical Issues)
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The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape (Hardcover)
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The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them (Hardcover)
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Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet (Paperback)
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The Carbon Almanac: It's Not Too Late The Carbon Almanac: It's Not Too Late (Paperback)
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This Can't Be Happening (Green Ideas) This Can't Be Happening (Green Ideas)
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Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet-One Bite at a Time Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet-One Bite at a Time (Hardcover)
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Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States (Hardcover)
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Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them (Hardcover)
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The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Sacred Activism) The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Sacred Activism)
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos (Hardcover)
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What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses (Hardcover)
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Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed -- and What It Means for Our Future Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed -- and What It Means for Our Future (Hardcover)
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Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment (Hardcover)
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When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice (Hardcover)
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What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism (Paperback)
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Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature (Kindle Edition)
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Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage (Paperback)
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Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization (Hardcover)
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Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas (Studies in Environment and History) Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas (Studies in Environment and History)
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One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest (Paperback)
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Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water (Paperback)
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Michael Crichton
“You think man can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. Let me tell you about our planet. Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There's been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land. Then finally the great sweeping ages of animals, the amphibians, the dinosaurs, at last the mammals, each one enduring millions on millions of years, great dynasties of creatures rising, flourishing, dying away -- all this against a background of continuous and violent upheaval. Mountain ranges thrust up, eroded away, cometary impacts, volcano eruptions, oceans rising and falling, whole continents moving, an endless, constant, violent change, colliding, buckling to make mountains over millions of years. Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. If all the nuclear weapons in the world went off at once and all the plants, all the animals died and the earth was sizzling hot for a hundred thousand years, life would survive, somewhere: under the soil, frozen in Arctic ice. Sooner or later, when the planet was no longer inhospitable, life would spread again. The evolutionary process would begin again. It might take a few billion years for life to regain its present variety. Of course, it would be very different from what it is now, but the earth would survive our folly, only we would not. If the ozone layer gets thinner, ultraviolet radiation sears the earth, so what? Ultraviolet radiation is good for life. It's powerful energy. It promotes mutation, change. Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation. Many others will die out. Do you think this is the first time that's happened? Think about oxygen. Necessary for life now, but oxygen is actually a metabolic poison, a corrosive glass, like fluorine. When oxygen was first produced as a waste product by certain plant cells some three billion years ago, it created a crisis for all other life on earth. Those plants were polluting the environment, exhaling a lethal gas. Earth eventually had an atmosphere incompatible with life. Nevertheless, life on earth took care of itself. In the thinking of the human being a hundred years is a long time. A hundred years ago we didn't have cars, airplanes, computers or vaccines. It was a whole different world, but to the earth, a hundred years is nothing. A million years is nothing. This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us.”
Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park / Congo

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“Did I just see you litter?'
'I'm driving a hybrid. It cancels out.”
Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

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The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)
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Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat (Paperback)
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West (Paperback)
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Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised) Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised)
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Henry David Thoreau
“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

Slavoj Žižek
“[T]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if we are guilty, it all depends on us. We pull the strings of the catastrophe, so we can also save ourselves simply by changing our lives. What is really hard for us (at least in the West) to accept is that we are reduced to the role of a passive observer who sits and watches what our fate will be. To avoid this impotence, we engage in frantic, obsessive activities. We recycle old paper, we buy organic food, we install long-lasting light bulbs—whatever—just so we can be sure that we are doing something. We make our individual contribution like the soccer fan who supports his team in front of a TV screen at home, shouting and jumping from his seat, in the belief that this will somehow influence the game's outcome.”
Slavoj Žižek

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Henry David Thoreau
“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
Henry David Thoreau, Familiar letters

Maurice Maeterlinck
“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”
Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee

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“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”
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Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things (a John Hope Franklin Center Book) Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (Hardcover)
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Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (Updated and Expanded Edition) Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (Updated and Expanded Edition)
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E.B. White
“I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively, instead of skeptically and dictatorially.”
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Maurice Maeterlinck
“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”
Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee

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The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World (The World As Home) The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World (The World As Home)
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Rising Tide: the Great Missisippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America Rising Tide: the Great Missisippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America (Paperback)
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Hardcover)
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Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth (Paperback)
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Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water (Hardcover)
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The RIVERKEEPERS: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right The RIVERKEEPERS: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right (Paperback)
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“[T]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if we are guilty, it all depends on us. We pull the strings of the catastrophe, so we can also save ourselves simply by changing our lives. What is really hard for us (at least in the West) to accept is that we are reduced to the role of a passive observer who sits and watches what our fate will be. To avoid this impotence, we engage in frantic, obsessive activities. We recycle old paper, we buy organic food, we install long-lasting light bulbs—whatever—just so we can be sure that we are doing something. We make our individual contribution like the soccer fan who supports his team in front of a TV screen at home, shouting and jumping from his seat, in the belief that this will somehow influence the game's outcome.”
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Rachel Carson
“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road — the one less traveled by — offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.”
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

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Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization (Hardcover)
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“Earth Breathes in Us.”
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“[T]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if we are guilty, it all depends on us. We pull the strings of the catastrophe, so we can also save ourselves simply by changing our lives. What is really hard for us (at least in the West) to accept is that we are reduced to the role of a passive observer who sits and watches what our fate will be. To avoid this impotence, we engage in frantic, obsessive activities. We recycle old paper, we buy organic food, we install long-lasting light bulbs—whatever—just so we can be sure that we are doing something. We make our individual contribution like the soccer fan who supports his team in front of a TV screen at home, shouting and jumping from his seat, in the belief that this will somehow influence the game's outcome.”
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Plastic Purge: How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of Your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles! Plastic Purge: How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of Your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles! (Paperback)
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The Ecological Thought The Ecological Thought (Hardcover)
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The Burning Question: We can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit? The Burning Question: We can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit? (Paperback)
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Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm (Paperback)
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Miss Rumphius Miss Rumphius (Paperback)
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Wanderlust: A History of Walking Wanderlust: A History of Walking (Paperback)
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Wilderness Essays Wilderness Essays (Hardcover)
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Same Sun Here Same Sun Here (Hardcover)
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On Human Nature On Human Nature (Paperback)
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A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest (Hardcover)
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Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness (Paperback)
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Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier (Hardcover)
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Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth (Hardcover)
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Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream (Paperback)
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Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them (Hardcover)
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (Paperback)
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The Ecological Indian: Myth and History The Ecological Indian: Myth and History (Paperback)
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No Logo No Logo (Paperback)
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Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change (Hardcover)
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The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed (Hardcover)
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Earth Earth (Paperback)
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Hardcover)
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Mind of the Raven Mind of the Raven (Paperback)
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Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places (Hardcover)
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Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization (Hardcover)
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A Friend of the Earth A Friend of the Earth (Paperback)
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Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (Paperback)
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Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth (The World As Home) Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth (The World As Home)
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Becoming Native to This Place Becoming Native to This Place (Paperback)
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Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community (Paperback)
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Abbey's Road Abbey's Road (Paperback)
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An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field (Paperback)
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Green, Greener, Greenest: A Practical Guide to Making Eco-Smart Choices a Part of Your Life Green, Greener, Greenest: A Practical Guide to Making Eco-Smart Choices a Part of Your Life (Paperback)
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World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1) World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1)
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Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization (Paperback)
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The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird (Hardcover)
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The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization (Hardcover)
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Pope John Paul II
“The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
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Something, Someday Something, Someday (Hardcover)
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Go Gently: Actionable Steps to Nurture Yourself and the Planet Go Gently: Actionable Steps to Nurture Yourself and the Planet (Hardcover)
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Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth (Our Universe, 6) Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth (Our Universe, 6)
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The High Sierra: A Love Story The High Sierra: A Love Story (Hardcover)
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Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future (Hardcover)
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Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet (Kindle Edition)
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Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors (Hardcover)
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Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition (Paperback)
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The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest (Hardcover)
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The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)
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111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl (CitizenKid) 111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl (CitizenKid)
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Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement (Justice, Power, and Politics) Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement (Justice, Power, and Politics)
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The Disaster Tourist The Disaster Tourist (Paperback)
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If You Take Away the Otter If You Take Away the Otter (Hardcover)
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How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet (Paperback)
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Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia (Kindle Edition)
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Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet (Hardcover)
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Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils (Hardcover)
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Lo–Tek: Design by Radical Indigenism Lo–Tek: Design by Radical Indigenism (Hardcover)
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Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet (Hardcover)
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Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places (Hardcover)
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Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present (Hardcover)
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The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions (Hardcover)
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Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier (Hardcover)
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Edward O. Wilson
“People would rather believe than know.”
Edward O. Wilson

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